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Indonesian Corruption…
Presidential hopefuls face Indonesia’s corruption commission Date June 24, 2014 Michael Bachelard Indonesia correspondent for Fairfax Media Joko Widodo (left) with his opponent in the presidential election Prabowo Subianto. Photo: Reuters Jakarta: Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto may be excused some nervousness as he enters the office of Indonesia’s redoubtable anti-corruption commission in Jakarta on Wednesday, where he […]
Entrepreneurs should not get government support
Date June 19, 2014 Chris Berg View more articles from Chris Berg ‘The base immorality of corporate welfare is never clearer than in times of austerity.’ The 2014 Federal Budget cuts back family payments, places tough new rules around welfare for young people, taxes doctor visits to fund medical research, and reindexes the pension. But it’s […]
Chemical Poisons: more hazardous than Climate Change?
Note: The Sunday Age (June 22, 2014), also has an article on this: ‘The Rising Toxic Tide that Threatens us all’. When I find it online I’ll add it to this article… ~~ Australian book Poisoned Planet by Julian Cribb reveals the chemicals that are slowly killing us  MAY 28, 2014 Toxic chemicals are causing […]
Good Friday vs Sporting Fixtures
Religion versus sport: explaining AFL games on Good Friday Date June 22, 2014 Damon Young The AFL Commission has controversially approved the scheduling of football matches on Good Friday. A sacrilege, a miracle or a goal for multiculturalism? Damon Young and Jill Stark take aim. The move to schedule football on Good Friday – saintly […]
The Environment: contrast Al Gore and Australia’s Government responses
Al Gore: Saving the future Date June 17, 2014 Al Gore is working to save the world from environmental catastrophe, a mission that began when he was still a boy. Before his visit to Melbourne next week, the Nobel laureate and former US vice-president spoke to Nick O’Malley. Four-year-old Al Gore pictured in 1952 with, […]
Child Sex Abuse in Victoria: the Government acts on only 3 of 15 recommendations. Why?
Napthine government fails to act on child sex abuse Date June 16, 2014 Bryan Keon-Cohen and Joseph Poznanski Of fifteen recommendations put forward by an inquiry into institutional child sex abuse, the Premier has only acted on three. Why? In response to community concern about the media coverage of extensive child sexual abuse within the […]
Iraq was a Tragic Error (Boris Johnson)
Tony Blair is mad to deny Iraq was a tragic error Date June 16, 2014 Boris Johnson I have come to the conclusion that Tony Blair has finally gone mad. He wrote an essay published last week that struck me as unhinged in its refusal to face facts. In discussing the disaster of modern Iraq […]
Heroes: how do they get to be like that?
Refusing Resignation: Moral Heroes in an Age of Victims Susan NeimanABC RELIGION AND ETHICS13 JUN 2014 IN A TIME OBSESSED WITH VICTIMS, MORAL HEROES EXEMPLIFY HOW TO LIVE IN THE WORLD INSTEAD OF JUST EXISTING IN IT, AND REMIND US THAT LIFE IS LARGER THAN THE DIMENSIONS WE ARE URGED TO ACCEPT.CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM SEE ALSO Related Story: Reason […]
Auschwitz and the girls in the striped pyjamas
How Eva Slonim survived as a child in Auschwitz Date June 6, 2014 Review by Avril Alba Survivors: Eva Slonim (in the white scarf) and her sister, Marta, peering over her shoulder, at Auschwitz. Photo: Getty Images Gazing at the Stars EVA SLONIM BLACK INC., $29.99 The horrors of the Nazi concentration and death camps are […]
Prime Minister Abbott and Climate Change
Age letters 11/6/2014 Abbott’s tipping point Mr Abbott has passed a curious tipping point. While the scientific evidence has grown ever more compelling that humans are causing dangerous global warming, he has crossed the threshold of runaway climate change denial. This has taken the disturbing form of international denialist diplomacy, blowing hot air on a […]
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